Gratz Faculty

Rabbi Erin Hirsh, MAHL

Director, Jewish Community High School & NEXT Professional Learning for Supplementary School Teachers

Division: Jewish Community High SchoolProgram:

Rabbi Erin Hirsh is the Director of the Jewish Community High School as well as NEXT: the Professional Learning Program for Supplementary School Teachers. Prior to coming to Gratz, Rabbi Erin served as Director of Education for the Reconstructionist Movement. In that capacity, she trained and mentored dozens of rabbis, Jewish educators, and communal leaders.

Rabbi Erin directed two congregational schools in the greater Philadelphia area for more than a decade. In addition to school and congregational environments, she has taught and worked in informal Jewish settings such as overnight camps and youth groups. Rabbi Erin also writes both formal and experiential curricula for elementary age children, teens, families and adults.